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New York City Charter Schools: 2011-12 Enrollment Lottery Trends

Out of the 138 New York City charter schools currently enrolling students for 2011-2012, 118 (85%)

responded to the NYC Charter School Center’s survey about their lottery application rates. Based on

survey data, the Charter Center estimates that New York City charter schools received a total of114,932 applications for 12,917 new seats. Discounting for families who apply to more than one school,

this represents an estimated 64,390 applicants for 12,917 seats—creating a citywide charter school

“waiting list” of an estimated 51,473.

Approximately five applicants are competing for each charter school seat.

NYC charter school applicants by enrollment status (2011-12, estimated) 1  

Almost every charter school has a waiting list for enrollment.

Reporting charter schools by waiting list status (2011-12, n=113) 1  

1 Source: NYC Charter School Center Survey, April 2011

Have

Seats20%

Waiting

80%

Waitinglist

97%

No

waiting

list 3%

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Charter school applications have risen dramatically, as more students apply and the

average applicant applies to more schools.

Total applications to NYC charter schools, historical and estimated (estimated, 2007-2012) 2  

Applicants exceed available seats in every borough.

NYC charter school applicants and seats, by borough (2011-12 estimated) 3  

NYC charter school applicants not selected in any lottery, by borough (2011-12 estimated) 4  

Waiting List Percent of Applicants

Bronx 13,130 81.4%Brooklyn 17,860 78.0%Manhattan 15,400 80.3%Queens 3,247 80.7%

Staten Island 1,836 84.9%

2 Sources: NY BEDS data via GothamSchools.org (http://bit.ly/cehjgK), Charter Center surveys, April 2010, 20113 Source: NYC Charter School Center Survey, April 20114 Source: NYC Charter School Center Survey, April 2011

25,269

36,861

51,395

64,381

114,932

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20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

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3,789

775 327

16,133

22,883

19,189

4,0222,163

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island

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A majority of applicants apply in Harlem, the South Bronx, or Central Brooklyn.

NYC charter school applicants and seats, by neighborhood (2011-12 estimated) 

NYC charter school applicants not selected in any lottery, by neighborhood (2011-12 estimated) 5  

Waiting List Percent of ApplicantsHarlem 10,682 82.7%

South Bronx 8,713 77.1%Central Brooklyn 16,220 78.6%

5 Source: NYC Charter School Center Survey, April 2011. Harlem as CSD 4, 5. South Bronx as CSD 7, 8, 9.Central Brooklyn as CSD 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 32.

12,92011,302

20,649

2,238 2,5894,429

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

Harlem South Bronx Central Brooklyn

Applicants

Seats

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Some charter schools take special measures to enroll students at academic risk.

Authorizer-approved admissions preference, by percent utilized (116 reporting schools) 6  

Many charter schools are trying to reach English Language Learners.

Charter schools advertising in language(s) other than English (116 reporting schools) 7  

Additionally, charter school outreach materials are now being translated into 12 different languages:

Albanian, Arabic, Bangla, Haitian Creole, French, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Spanish,

and Urdu.

6 Source: NYC Charter School Center Survey, April 20117 Source: NYC Charter School Center Survey, April 2011

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

14.0%

16.0%

18.0%

Yes,

66%

No,

34%

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Charter schools are using multiple outreach strategies.

Charter school outreach strategies, by percent utilizing (116 reporting schools) 8  

Charter schools opening for the first time in 2011-12 have smaller waiting lists. 

NYC charter school applicants by enrollment status (2011-12, estimated) 9  

Applicants to first-year schools Applicants to established schools  

8 Source: NYC Charter School Center Survey, April 20119 Source: NYC Charter School Center Survey, April 2011

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

Have

Spots

48%Waiting

52%

Have

Spots

18%

Waiting

82%